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• Anna (Cornelia ?) Bruin († 1979)
• Anna Maria Leijssen, Waalre
• Abram Dewey " Abe " Todd, Wetumpka, Gadsden, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 1972)
• Anna Maria Koel, Slagharen († 1901)
• "Yvonne" Charlotte Anne-Marie Vendroux, Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France († 1979)
• Anna Cornelia Baauw, Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Albert Adam FECHER, Mercer,Ohio
• Alan Edgar BELCHAMBER, Surrey, Kingston, Vol 2A, P 407 († 1990)
• Anna Barbara Stevens, Kerkrade (L
• Anna Maria Koel-, Slagharen, Nederland († 1901)

• Anna Maria Kerkhoff (77), Haarlem
• Feiken (0), Numero Dertien gemeente Veendam
• Adriana Margaretha van Waas (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Petrus Hendrikus Mulder (12), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Lohof (0), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Bouwina Prins (0), Wedde
• Berend Eding (0), Exloo Odoorn
• Anna van Bree (9), Meijel, Limburg, Nederland
• Adeline Anna Reber 1 (69), Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Andries lubbertsz Lustig (60), Utrecht

• 1894 » Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher († 1970)
• 1897 » Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author († 1975)
• 1900 » Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d.1985)
• 1901 » Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor († 1953)
• 1902 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach († 1956)
• 1902 » Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1904 » Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor († 1989)
• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)
• 1905 » Tom Driberg, British politician († 1976)
• 1907 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator († 1983)

• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Neeltje
15. Aaltje
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
• March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
• May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
• June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
• November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
• December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

The temperature on May 22, 1900 was about 16.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.